Open AccessSustainable development in chemistry education: Few perspectives and practical ideas to support teaching
Author(s) -
Marianne Juntunen,
Maija Aksela
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
lumat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2323-7112
DOI - 10.31129/lumat.v1i4.1091
Subject(s) - viewpoints , checklist , chemistry education , engineering ethics , sustainable development , mathematics education , product (mathematics) , point (geometry) , chemistry , computer science , engineering , political science , psychology , epistemology , mathematics , quality (philosophy) , philosophy , art , geometry , law , visual arts , cognitive psychology
This article presents a 10-point checklist of activities for sustainable development education, and its implementation in chemistry education. The article discusses related research knowledge from the viewpoints of teachers and students. In addition, the article presents and discusses the implementation of society-based chemistry education, suitable teaching methods and student evaluation in practice. As one example, the article investigates teaching about life cycle of a product.